BATAAN MEMORIAL DEATH MARCH
By the numbers: 2017 Bataan Memorial Death March | 1:04

Roughly 7,200 people braced the hot New Mexico sun to walk the desert lands of White Sands Missiles Range on Sunday, commemorating the 75th anniversary of a wartime atrocity known as the Bataan Death March.
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98 year old Bataan Survivor Colonel Ben Skardon starts his 8 mile march with his support group Ben's Brigade Sunday morning at the 27th running of the Bataan Memorial Death March held at White Sands Missile Range.
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LAS CRUCES - Ninety-nine-year old World War II veteran Ben Skardon survived one of the most brutal chapters of the war, the Bataan Death March.

And now, Skardon, a professor emeritus at Clemson University, will tell his story on CBS's "60 Minutes" on Sunday.

Skardon, who survived malaria, beriberi, an 80-mile forced march, and the sinking of two Japanese transport ships, was featured last year on Showtime's "60 Minutes Sports," as he completed the Bataan Memorial Death March in New Mexico in 2016